Our Tasks
The Digital Office, including Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), is the central unit that supports KIT in its digitalization efforts and advises and supports the management level in its responsibilities in this regard.
The Digital Office acts as an overarching mediator in terms of the management level’s responsibility. It is assigned to the Executive Board Department “Digitalization and Sustainability” and supports the Vice President Prof. Dr. Kora Kristof in her responsibility for the digitalization area of action in the KIT 2025 Strategy.
The Digital Office thus generally examines the possibilities and benefits of digitalization for KIT and drives them forward. The technical requirements and users’ needs are recorded and taken into account for the further development of KIT’s digital infrastructure.
Our Offerings
The Digital Office:
- advises and supports the Executive Board and the heads of divisions in shaping digitalization and information security issues.
- Together with the CIO, is responsible for the development and implementation of the digitalization strategy as part of the KIT 2025 Strategy.
- is responsible for creating structures (e.g. committees) for setting and coordinating digitalization topics and projects.
- provides and maintains an overview of digitalization at KIT and is the universal point of contact - in the sense of a pilot function - for digitalization topics at KIT.
- takes up user requirements, current developments and interests and brings them to the right place at KIT in a targeted manner.
- advises and supports in setting up and preparing digitization projects.
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Which topics are affected by digitalization at KIT?
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Information security should adequately protect an organization’s information. How does KIT safeguard the fundamental values of confidentiality, integrity and availability?
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Digitalization is part of the KIT 2025 Strategy as a strategic area of action. What goals and measures is KIT pursuing?
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How does KIT guarantee all stakeholder groups are involved in the processing of upcoming and future digitalization topics?
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11.11.2025 The new service gives all employees access to various local and external AI language models (LLMs) for research, teaching and administration. Login is only possible after successfully completing the self-study course "Understanding and Applying Generative AI" on KOALA. The course teaches basic skills in the responsible use of generative AI as well as practical application possibilities.
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27.10.2025 The Executive Board Department Digitalization and Sustainability is currently developing a strategy on artificial intelligence that comprehensively addresses the use and benefits of AI for KIT. All employees and students are now invited to take part in shaping the strategy.
The text of the AI strategy will then be formulated and further developed in KIT’s Bodies. Measures for implementation will then be initiated on this basis.
Your feedback on this collection of key points is welcome!
Refer to poll (deadline 9.11.25)
23.10.2025 The conference on artificial intelligence in higher education will take place on Nov. 25 2025 at KIT (InformatiKOM and online).
With two key notes, interactive workshops, lightning talks and a panel discussion, the event will offer opportunities to exchange experiences on media, infrastructural, legal and strategic issues in the use of AI in higher education.
01.10.2025 Five questions to Prof. Kora Kristof, Vice President Digitalization and Sustainability, on the use of generative artificial intelligence at KIT. Episode 1 of “prompt@KIT”, a mini-series of the “KITdialog” magazine.
Refer to articleYou can find further news about digitalization at KIT in our news list.